ROYAL OAK -- A Bloomfield Hills man is accused of groping a 14-year-old Royal Oak girl on the street and trying to abduct her before speeding off in his car.

The incident happened about 4:30 p.m. Saturday and the suspect -- Derek Joseph Wallin, 24 -- was arraigned Monday on charges of attempted kidnapping and misdemeanor sexual assault in Royal Oak 44th District Court.

"He originally drove up to her and told her she looked nice then asked her if she wanted a ride or to smoke some marijuana," said Royal Oak Police Lt. Tom Goad. "She declined and kept walking and called her mother on her cell phone to tell her what happened."

The Royal Oak girl kept walking in the area of Normandy and Tonawanda near where she lives when police say Wallin came up behind the girl on foot after parking his Chevy Camaro nearby.

"The suspect grabbed onto her, lifted her off the ground and groped her," Goad said. "Our belief is he was trying to get her into his car."

The suspect fled without the girl and drove away at a high-rate of speed, police said.

Police said they had seen the suspect's car suspiciously parked in the area and were checking it out right before the girl was groped and her mother called Royal Oak Police dispatch.

Wallin's car had the lights on and was parked at an angle, partially in a crosswalk, a short block away from where the girl was walking, police said.

Police were writing down the license plate number of the vehicle when an officer looked in his rearview mirror and saw a young man jump into the Camaro and speed off, Goad said.

"That happened right as the attempted abduction was broadcast," he said. "Due to the suspect's reckless driving and speed, and other traffic, officers were unable to catch up to the suspect."

Because police had the license number of the Camaro they were able to trace it to female owner in Bloomfield Hills.

Police from Royal Oak and Bloomfield Hills went to the house where they said Wallin lives with his parents and arrested him.

Wallin was jailed on $100,000 bond following his arraignment. He is scheduled for a pre-exam conference in Royal Oak District Court at 9 a.m. Friday before Judge Terrence Brennan.